BPW Belmont
Our Details
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| What's on this Month | Check the Events Section for details |
| Meeting date | 3rd Week Monday |
| Meeting place | Silks Bar and Bistro |
| Our contact details | Shirley Lancaster |
| Our mailing address | PO Box 1123, Cloverdale WA 6985 |
| belmont@bpw.com.au | |
| Phone | 0407 388 648 |
About our club
BPW Belmont is a small but highly effective club, with a focus on empowering women and youth, both at a local and a global level. Monthly networking and dinner meetings are held to enable networking, fellowship and skill development with a vast range of quality guest speakers.
Past Club activities include training scholarships provided to women and girls in Papua New Guinea through direct linkages with the BPW Port Moresby Club.
On NAIDOC day in 2010, BPW Belmont demonstrated support of the local Indigenous community through the provision of art supplies vouchers for an art competition open to experienced and novice Aboriginal artists.
On an annual basis, BPW Belmont assists with providing canned goods for distribution of Christmas Food Hampers to needy families through the Jacaranda Community Centre, as well as Primary School Scholarships to assist students graduating through to secondary education.
On a global level, BPW Belmont assists local community groups TCFWA & Belmont BEC in collection of sewing machines and haberdashery items, which were despatched to assist TCF Ormoc, Philippines village sewing centres. Belmont BPW President Carol has visited Ormoc on 4 occasions to provide training and support to the men and women of Ormoc. Belmont BPW also sponsored a BPW membership for a volunteer NGO co-ordinator in Ormoc, who is now in the process of establishing a BPW Ormoc club to bring an international women’s network into the region. This potential club is being mentored by Belmont BPW President Carol and BPW Secretary Christine della Vedova.
Spotlight
In 2010 Belmont BPW Secretary Christine della Vedova was announced WA Young BPW of the Year for her efforts with multicultural women
International Womens Day March 8, highlighted a lunch event being staged for some 130 attendees in conjunction with the WA Department of Communities, Belmont BEC, TCFWA, 150 East Bar & Restaurant and held at the Civic Centre, City of Belmont.
On March 7th, Club President Carol Hanlon was part of 100 women inducted into the Inaugural WA Women’s Hall of Fame by WA Governor General
Recently Belmont BPW President Carol Hanlon presented papers at two NGO Forums during the United Nations Commission Status of Women 56 in New York.
We are constantly looking to the future at BPW Belmont, our next project will likely be assisting the BPW in Chendigardh India, along with providing support in training in parliamentary procedures for high school girls, in order to encourage more women in politics in India. We are always on the lookout for new members and invite guests and visitors to come along and find out what all the fuss is about!
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